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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
ATHENS, TEM., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1856.
VOL.-VIII. NO. -386;
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THE TOST.
ATlklONH, IU1IIIV, i-t.tt. 15. IN, 1(1.
The Vote for Speaker. The Nutiunul
Intelligencer says, by an analysis of the votes
it appear that Sir. Banks received the whole
"Rcpiiblicin" strength, except four, and thut
Mr. Aikin received the support of all the
'Doinoerata," except tu'o,nnd of nil lho"Na
tionnl Americans," except ix. The Intter
eight had it in their power to elect Mr. Aikin,
even if the four dissentient Republican! had
untamed Mr. Bunks. But the result ia ac
quiesced in by all parlies aa a proper relief
from the atate of anarchy in which the House
had been laboring for ulne weeks.
Philadelphia, Feb. 4.
One hundred students have left Carlisle
College, in thia State, in consequence of
the alleged unjust expulsion of four stu
dents. Chicago, Feb. 4.
Adviocs from Kansas say that no election
waa held at Leavenwoith and some other
points, on the day fixed for the State election,
violence being feared from the Missourlunn,
Letters state thut another invasion wna fear
ed, and that extensive military preparations
to repel it - wore making at Lawrence and
Topeka.
PlULADKLrHIA, Feb. 6.
The oity Convention to elect delegates to
the State Conveution, at Harrisburg, met- to
day. Kesolutions were adopted, deelariug a
decided preference for James Buchanan, and
directing the committee on resolutions to re
port instructions -to the delegates chosen to
Iiarrieburg, to send to Cincinnati a united
delegation in favor of Mr. Buchanau, first,
last, and all the time
Independence, Mo., Feb. 5.
.thermometer here atauds at S3 deg,
',-aod tiie auuw ia four tc flvj fuel
The Santa Fe and Salt Luke mails started,
but the former soou returned. All the men
and animals on the Salt Lake route, have
probably been frozen to death.
Cincinnati, Feb. S.
The nine Irishmen whose trial lias been
progressing for some time, charged with a
violation of the neutrality laws, wvro dis
charged today by Judge Leavitt.
Philadelphia, Feb. 6.
An accident occurred Inst night on the
rond between hero and Harriaburg. One train
waa thrown oft' the track, and one person
killed and 27 injured.
New York, Feb. 5.
Cotton Is firm, and 3600 bales changed
hands. Flour is dull. Wheat is quiet nt
01.90 per bushel for Southern Red. Com
ia languid at 84 cents per bushel. Spirits
of Turpentine is lower at 40 cts. per gal
lon. Corn is firm, and Freights are lower.
New Orleans, Feb. 5. The Debt Bill
has passed both branches of the Texas Leg
islature. Columbia, Feb. 6.
Dr. Robert Henry, Professor of Greek
in the South Carolina College, died this
afternoon, at two o'clock, of u congestive
chill.
Richmond, Feb. 1.
The delegates to the Southern Conven
tion were entertained at a public dinner this
afternoon. Gov. Wise made a atrong internal
improvement speech.
Ion, the Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun, speaking of the noui
ineo of the Democratic purty for President,
says the contest for the nomination appears
to be now reduced to a choice between Mr.
Pierce and Mr. Buchanan.
fW A ruilroad luw ia up before the New
Jeraey Legislature which provides fur the
creation of an officer of railroad companies,
to be called a train guard, charged with the
special duty of watching over the safety of
trains. It makes it unlawful for persons to
cross railroads when an engine is near. It
limits the amount of dainagea which may be
recovered in cases of death by accident to
$5,000 for each person killed. It makes
railroad employees causing denth by negli
gence or miamanagenieut guilty of wan
i laughter.
gr A bill is before the Pennsylvania
House of Delegates, and it ia thought will
pass that body, which provides that the Rail
Road Companies of that State shall, within
.Dine months, erect good and sufficient fences
. along their roads wherever necessary to the
protection of private property and the pre
vention of accidents, together with such out.
tie-guards and other erections as are required
in connection with such fences, and upon
default of the company to erect such fences,
etc., it shall pay treble damages for any injury
to peraons oi property occasioned by such
default, -
OiT Getting married is like getting corned,
you fsel much better after you are through
with the ceremony.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washinoton, Feb. 4.
In Die Senate to day the Navy Board
bill wna discussed. A bill was introduced
extending the term of naturalization.
Mr. Dallas has been confirmed by the Sen
ate as Minister to England.
Washinoton, Feb. 5. In tho Senate Mr.
Foot made a speech on Central American
aflairs. lie proposed a direct declaration to
England of our purpose to enforce our con
atruction of the Clnyton-Ttulwer treaty. If
thia wna unavailing, he proposed to expel her
by force.
In the House, Robt. Morris waa elected
Postmaster, Glosbrcnner Sergeant nt-Arma,
and Nathan Darling Doorkeeper.
Feb. 6. The Senate today, pissed a reso
lution appropriating ft 1500 for the suffering
poor of Washington.
Tho House, iil't' r fifving three ballots for
Printer, adjourned.
Col. Wheeler has written to Mr. Mnrcy,
informing him that Walker's Government is
fairly established in Nicaragua; that he has
1200 men ir. his army, and that the plan of
uniting all the Central American States,
would doubtless provo successful. Under
these circumstances some Minister other than
Parker II. French, might be recognizud by
our government.
Another Nut to he Cracked at the
Philadelphia Special National Council.
In the State of Louisiana native born Catho
lics are admitted into the Know Nothing
ranks; whereas, on the other hand, the Presi
dent of the State Council of Wisconsin hue
just issued a decree to the subordinate Coun
cils making "eligible to ollice Protestant for
eigners who are thoroughly trained and edu
cated in American principles. Vou are there
fore" (he says) "at liberty to admit iuto your
Councils persons of that class who are na
turalized citizens of the United States and of
known integrity of diameter, not to exceed in
number one-third of the native born citizens
in each Council." The question, then, in this
matter, to be decided upon by the reconstruc
tive special Philadelphia National Council of
the 18th February, is whether the uniform
law of the Order shall be tho admission of
native Catholics, as in Louisiana, or the ad
mission of Protestant foreigners, as in Wis
consin, or both, or neither a very interesting
problem.
Behavior in Church. It is true, as tho
preacher says, that ice don't attend Church
quite as often as we should, but we have fre
quently noticed when thero, persons in front
of us, withdrawing their utteution from the
minister and looking around every time the
door waa opeifcd. The following which wu
find in 'an exchange, may be of service to
those who are in the habit of this wuut of
interest in the sermon:
The Rev. Henry Clay Dean, tho present
chaplain to the United Stales Senate, wassouie
years ago a resident of north-western Vir
ginia. While preaching one day nt u church
situated a few miles from Fairinoiint, he was
annoyed by the iuattuutiun of the congrega
tion us manifested in turning their heads to
see everybody who came in. "Brethren,"
said he, "it is very difficult to preach when
thus interrupted. Now do you listen to me
and 1 will tell you the name of every man as
he enters the church." Of course the remark
attracted universal attention. Presently some
one entered; "Brother William Sutterlicld!"
called out the preacher, w hlle that 'brother'
waa astonished beyond measure, and endeav
ored in vain to guess what was the matter.
Another person came "brother Joseph Wil
ier I" bawled the preacher with a like result;
so perhaps in other cases. Alter a while the
congregation were umuzed nt hearing the
preacher call out in a loud voice: "A little
old man with a blue coat and a white hat
on! Don't know who he is! Vou may look
for yourselves."
The President's Pardoning) Power.
Wm. Wells, who was sevenil years since
sentenced to death in tho District of Colum
bia for murder, had his sentence comninted
by President Fillmore to imprisonment fur
life, 'i'he case was brought before the U. S.
Supreme Court lust week on tho ground that
the Presideut hud no right to commute, and
could only grant an unconditional pardon.
The Court on Friday decided for the prisoner,
aud he was set at liberty.
t 1 .
tW A bill has been reported in the Senate
of Virginia providing for the erection of a
plain tomb, of granite or marble, over the
grave of James Mudison. It is a somew hat
singular and mortifying fact, that up to this
time no stone has marked the place where
rests the mortal remains of this illustrious
man. Should the tomb be erected, it will
bear the - following inscription: "James
Madison, born March fi, 1751, (O. S.) died
18th June, 1836. Virginia marks with sincere
affection the grave of her son, the author of
the Federal Constitution, the patriot and
statesman."
Additional bt the Arabia. Boston, Feb.
9. -Gen. Mouravicff was advancing to within
three hours' march of Erzercum. Omar
Puchu's troops hud begun to arrive a Trebl
zonde. Omar had tendered his resignation,
but the Sultan had refuaed to accept it.
There was some talk that he would be sent
aa Minister to England. Persia hue announc
ed its neutrality. Prince Puskiewifch states
that it was the dying injunction of he into
Czar to make peace. The docks at Sobua
topol had been nearly destroyed.
&Gen. Walker, of Nicaragua, haa pro
vided well for all the officers of his army.
He pays the following salaries: Commander-in-Chief,
(500 per month; Brigadier General,
$300; Colonel, $200; Lieutenant Colonel,
$175; Major, $140; Captain, $100; Lieuten
ant, $80; Second Lieutenaut, $70; First Ser
geaut, $32.60; Second Sergeant, $27.50; sol.
diera in the ranks, $25. The clothing and
rations to be the same as ia the Uailed Stales
Army.
YANKEE PROGRESS UNDER THE
TROPICS.
We had simultaneous arrivals recently
from Nicaragua and New Granada. The Star
of the West brought news from Nicaragua
to (he 19th ult., and (he Osprey Bailed from
Curthngona on the 15th. The Star of the
West bringa us six hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars in gold, and Is, ns usual, ahead
of the Panama steamer. Pence still reigns
within Mie borders of Nicaragua, and many
f ilse reports that have been flying about this
country as to tho stability of the government
are authoritatively denied. Gen. Walker's
army have received largo reinforcements.
C.donel Hornsby Walker's right hand man,
and a gallant man, has been made General of
Brigade. Mr. Sehlessiner who eluded the
"vigilance" of Mr. McKeon, has been up.
pointed Adjutant General, with the rank of
Colonel Captain Kurrigau has arrived, and
is said to relish the field of Mars better than
his seat as a member of the New York Com
mon Council. Cupt. Kerrigan will be a better
soldier than statesman.
Yankee enterprise had already laid off the
suburbs of Granada in house lots, and busi
ness was quite lively. Rafael Currern, the
Captain General of Guatamala, Bays that he is
glad to find that peace has been restored to
Nicaragua. This politeness on the part of
one who is supposed to be a bitter enemy of
the party in power in Nicaragua, looks a good
deal like humbug. But the amiable Currera
will find it difficult to humbug the Yankees.
They understand that sort of thing much
better than ho docs. The present government
of Nicaragua has now been in oxistence since
October. It seems to be firmly established,
and the beneficial effects of peace are already
apparent. With North Aim rica will yet bo
one of the Powers of the earth. The mine
ia rich enough to pay for working it.
From New Granada the accounts aro
cheering. Our readere will remember that
the Osprey ia the pioneer of a line of steam
ships between Curthagenu apd New York.
Sho is owned by a company of New York
merchants, who are engaged in important in
teral improvements in New Granada, the
trade of which republics has long been mo
nopolized by English merchants, whose prof
its are immense.
The remarkable events now transpiring in
Centra! and South America cannot but lend
to most important results to us and to the
States which have recently received such a
powerful infusion of North American energy.
In New Grunuda we see a company of New
York merchants quietly rovolutionizing the
entire commerce of the country, while a rail
way chartered by the New York Legislature
connects the Atlantic and IVcifle, nil'i the
termini looking towards all quarters of the
globe. In Nicaragua, the North American
takes a military stand, and, under authority
of the native government, prcaervea peace
nod tranquility in n Stuto impoverished and
weakened by internal dissensions. But the
arts of peace are not neglected. Business
men have returned to their avocation, and
trade is once more profitable, because it is
secure. The State is congratulated by its
sister republics, and has, by the aid of a hand
ful of determined North Americans led by
a man whose ability is undoubted, and whose
motives wu have no right to impugn taken a
position which would have seemed impossible
six month ago.
Mr. Butts and Mis Platform. The
Richmond (Vu.) Whig gives the following
as the Presidential platform of Mr. Botts
and the American Councils of Richmond
that have nominated him for the Presiden
cy: 1. We believe that Congress possesses tho
constitutional power io abolish slavery iu the
District of Columbia.
2. We believe ill tho constitutionality of
the Wilmot proviso that is, in the constitu
tional power of Congress to prohibit slavery
in the Territories.
3. We believe that Congress possesses
the constitutional power to reject any slave
State applying tor admission iuto (he Un
ion, upon the ground thut it is nsluvo State.
4. Wu insist that the entire question of
slavery and Southern lights shall be"ignorcd"
in nil future conventions und platforms of the
American party.
5. Wo believe in the "immaculate con
ception" of John Minor Bolts, and prefer him
to any other man in the world for the Presi
dency. Now, if tli is really is the platform of Mr.
Dolts (and we believe it is not very wide of
the mark) we fear thut he will not be nom
inated at Philadelphia, fur the Know Noth.
ings of the North holding such principles
will be very apt to go to Pittsburg to aid in
the deliberations of the Seward abolition
alliance. Mr. Botts, however, Is young
enough and atrong enough tu wait till 18G0.
He is behind time for tho impending cam
paign.
. Jrjf The growth and magnitude of the
sugar culture in Louisiana, may be illustru
ted by ranking the aggregate of each Jive
yean, during the last twenty, and comparing
them:
From 1834 to 1839, 350000 hhds.
From 1830 to 1844, 617.000 "
From 1844 to 1849, 1,034,573 ,
From 1849 to 1854,(inclu'e) 1,505,633 "-
This shows a growth in each period of 75
per cent., 40 per cent., and 50 per cent.
The sugar culture of Louisiana and Texas
is now increasing a the rate of ten per cent,
per annum, and the annual crop after this will
scarcely be less than 500,000 hogsheads per
annum. ' ' "' '
Gen. Houston Letting Down a Peo. .
The Know Nothings of Indiauola, Texas,
have instructed their delegates to Philadelphia
to vole for Fillmore as their candidate for
President, and for Gen. Sum Houston for
Vice-President. We presume that this move
tuent hus the consent of Gen. Houston.
Sensible man. A half a loaf is better than
nothing.
IS A PACIFIC RAILROAD POSSIBIJ!!
Fowler's New Yoii ,L4fe Illustrated has
the following sensiblsijeniarks on this sub
ject: -v.
"It all turns upon a question of voter.-
The road ran be built, no doubt; bat whether
the iron horse can find drink enough to sns
lain hiin on his Ion; journey is the unsettled
question at Washington, For, observe:
I'he road will have to traverse three dis
tinct kinds of country: The first three hun
dred miles, after leav'tnff the Western borders
of civilization, is roinny'prairie, covered with
luxuriant grass, watered by occasional streams,
and tolerably supplied !with timber. This
region presents no obstacle to the construc
tion of the rood, nor the running of loco
motives. Next comes six hundred mile pf arid
desert, waterless, treeieiis, ns unproductive ns
a bank of ashes' except that nt long intervals
small streams are for,i(i coursing narrow
valleys, and giving li&.to a few stunted trees
ami n utile coarse
w .s. 1 he tunhur rn.
Hwiei.uM- HiM-p-mc-. rou, the rood for,
j .. . . . :.' ra. ... - . :
the support of inborera, and articles necessary
for the passage of trains, will hnvc to be
transported from regions mors highly favored
by nature.
This desert extends to the base of the
Rocky Mountains. The rest ol the distance
to the Pacitiic is an alternation of mountains,
deep valleys, table-lands, and desert plains.
A small portion of this region, which is more
than a thousand miles wide, is well wooded
and sufficiently watered, but tht greater part
of it is as destitute of wood and water, as the
ary
ae8en listen, i he government explorers snv
that this mountain region, rockv and nrecini.
tons as it is, furnishes facilities ai d openings
for II building of n railroad, that seem ul-
mosi providential. The lack of wood nnd
water is the onlv.sermiis obstacle ar.d th
only question rCjrbelher this is insui mount-
utile. "
1 imbcr, of course, can be bouidit and
transported, but the expense will be some,
thing prodigious. A cross tie, valued here nt
ivveniy-nve cents doubles its cost by beln
transported n hundred nnd liftv miloH. Con.
sequently there will be hundreds of miles of
the i'acihe railroad every cross tie ol which
will cost three or four dollars! Then huge
depots of fuol will have to bo established all
along the route, every cord of wood, every
ton of coal, costing live or six times itl value
on the Mississippi River.
Money can do all tins, however. But
money cannot transport the enormous qban
tities of water thut will be required for the
locomotives. This is totally out of the ques
tion. It remains to be ascertained whether
by boring into those arid wastes and into
those rucky hills water can be obtained.
J hat is the question to be settled, before it
can he known whether a railroad to the Pa.
ciuc is or is noi a jiossiuilxiy. Alter that is
settled, it will be time to inquire whether it is
worm woue io expenu tno almost mcalcula
ble sum that the road will cost.
1 here, reader, you have the case in a nut
shell. You are saved tho trouble of going
wer neaps ui reports nna narratives.
ier ii is sinteo in the I'hiladulphia papers
thai the Hon. Geo. JI. Dallas has accepted the
uppojoinient.of Migislur.aJSnslsed- . The
Ledger says: ''
"Mr. Dallas' services whilst Minister to
Russia, his eminent political position, having
filled tho second ollice in the gift of the pen.
pie, make his appointment nt this time, us the
successor of Mr. Buchanan, eminently proper.
The appointment will receive the approval of
oiircitizens.and command the respect abroad
due to the representative of the nation. Our
relutiuiis with England at this time are pecu
liarly, if not dangerously involved. The
questions nt issue require enlarged knowl.
edge, legal ability and practical statesmanship.
Mr. Dallas' profession as nn eminent lawyer,
his public character and political experience,
are all so many guarantees that in his hands
the international issues so ably discin-scd by
his predecessor will be properly sustained,
and the policy nnd interest of the United
States be enforced with energy and discre
tion. Planters' Bank. Tho Louisville Jour
nal of tho 1 st lust.', says:
fair BankingA Contrast. "A Subscrl
bcr," to whom we return thanks, sends us
the January statement of the Planters' Bank
of Tennessee, and also a comparative state
ment, published by the Bank with the Jan.
uary statement, shoniug the changes in the
discounts and full condition of the institution
compared with 1st July, 1855. From these
statements we gatherthe following facts: On
2d January 1855, the bank held of discount
untes $1,223,000, of bills $1,30G,U00, On
1st of July, 1855, thu amounts were notes
discounted $090,000, bills discounted ,$S 12,
0U0. It will be seen, when both statements
are condensed, that for the year the amount
invested In notes is tS2,113,0H0 mid in bills
2,119,000, or an excess in bills of but six
thousand dvllars. Compare this statement
with that of our Kentucky mudcls and we
have the contrast between banking conducted
with a decent regard for the rights of tho
community and the spirit of bank charters
aud that conducted in llayrant disregard of
both. The Planters' Bank of Tennessee has
long enjoyed, now enjoys, and we hope will
eoiiliuue to enjoy hih credit. Those who
manage its ull'aira have the eatisiaction to
know that, w hile they hnvo been jusl tu the
stockholders, they lluve not been injustlothe
public; that they do not, as bank managers,
ignore the fact that they are still men respou.
siblu fur their conduct to an enlightened pub.
lie opinion. Notwithstanding n,u diet that
h.-y have invested one half their means in
i.oi.-s, these gentlemen huvo paid their stock
holders 5 per cent, each half year nnd added
something to their surplus. When will our
bankers do so well 1 .
tzif It is stated that a fleet of 240 vessels,
under the English flag, aud commanded by
Admiral Lyons, will enter the Baltio aa soon
ns its waters are open the coining apiing.
I bis fleet Whl be, it is said, more formidable
in propulsive power and armament than any
which has ever before flouted on any sen, and
great eventa are expected to be accomplished
by it. It is said that if tiiis fleet, aided by a
French aquadrun, ahould not prove adequate
to the destruction of the tremendous Russian
forts in the Baltio, they will at any rate be
able to destroy every ship lying beneath the
guns of those forts. This would be a blow
which it would take Russia a long time to
rocover from.
frThe almanacs say that Saturn's rings
will be visible all of this year with (he aid of
a telescope, their southern surface being now
turned toward the earth,., Thia planet will be
evening star until June 4, then morning star
until December 81, then evening star until
July 10, 1857. . . . ; i
SIGELINDO AND EULALIA.
a thrillino romance or mysteet and death
ST ME1STER KARL. '
Translated from tt eermsn ef RMilendstKh.
CHAPTER t '
Both Wept.
CHAPTER If. '
As ho ceased weeping, she began to sigh
like sixty. Then they sat silent for manv
hours, with entwining hands. For the eve'
ning was all too fair and had softly involved
the aouls of the two lovers.
chapter III.
A voice suddenly fractured the solemn si
lence. "J'was that of Higelindo.
" How blest were I," said he could I
only pour forth all my soul in teors,nnd all
my life into thy innermost life, and then
die! . .
But she lifted up her tear-blossomrd eyes
l i .tj , .
.. .......M iiiiinmira leaves oi the West.
"crusuen jasymme houghs, "or even
, , "- -""""w"i realtors urif aware ir.t.1 iovtfrs
mvariamy sit among jessamine leaves,) and
she softly lisped again, "Why would I bo
without thee! if thou wert not, 'I also would
not be!" sK
CHAPTER IV.
"A Heaven, a world, a wide eternity lies In
thy words!" cried Sigelindo. Loud, and from
a neighboringswnmp melodious rang the gen
tle vesper hymn of myrind frogs fur there
were no nightingales to be scared up in "them
diirgins."
"Yes, dearest Sio-clindo. But thou knowest
not as yet," cried Eulnlin, (Kulalia was her
name, for 'twas thus they had baptised her)
"that my uncle withholds his assent for our
marriage."
CHAPTER V.
At tho word marriage, Sigelindo sud
denly wilted down trembled wept long
and wildly, and put on his hat as if obuut
to travel. But the frogs quacked wildly on.
But Enluliu fult like staying a little longer,
and thrilling with agonized emotion, she
screamed in a scarcely audible whisper,
"Wilt thou begone t ft is not yet near day;
it was the nightingale and not the lark that
pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; night
ly she sings on you pomgrunato tree; believe
me love, it Was the nightingale."
CHAPTER VI.
He staid. A fearful pause ensued. Eulalia
softly wailed.
"Wherefore wailest tliou 1" said Sigelin
do. "Naught remains for us save death!" ensned
Eulalia. b 1
lie bowt-d assent, nnd with stern dctcrmin.
ation of a Seneca, and with the courage of a
Srevela drew from his bosom his poems
his celebruted "Songs of Tears," und begun
to read in melancholy tones.
At page 106, 8tli line, Eulalia had ivept
herself to death ! But the frogs quacked on.
"Why is my henrt untouched" he cried ia
tho words of Peinnndo: "will my youthful
vigor preserve me! Thankless iiain!"
Hut he read on to number 349, 4th verse,
nuu men his eyes gave out and Ins soul
caved In, and he sank lifeless on tho bo.
som of Eulalia. But the frogs quacked on.
t:JF"'.r the arrive! of the steamer Hnzxarn,
yesterday, we learn that the expedition which
was liitted out by thu Emperor Souloque for
the invasion of tho Spanish sidu of San Do
mingo, had met the Dominican foree.and that
u bloody battle took plucu between the op
posing armies. In the conllicl Gun. Dufresn,
of the Huytien army, nnd another general
officer, were surrounded hy the Kpaniardsand
fell before superior numbers. The fortunes
of war decided in favor of the Dominicans,
und tho forces of Snuloque were driven back
with great slaughter. The emneror had dis
appeared altogether, and it is said he ran like
a cuward on the day of the battle: it is sun.
posed he has been killed bv tho SoaninrHs.
or died from the fatiuue of the march home.
wards. Souloque's mutilated nrmv hud not
yet returned; but us Boon as the disappearance
of the emperor wna mudu known at the cap
itol, a provisional emperor was proclaim
ed, who will, in all probability, succeed to
the reins ot powcr.-Ainjston, Jamaica, Ban
ner Washington's Birthday. The Board of
Aldermon of the city of New York have ap
propriated the sum of $2,000 for the celebra.
lion of Washington' Birthday. An order
has been introduced into the Senate of Mas
sachusetts directing that a message be sent
to the House proposing a suspension of leg
islative business on the 22d of February, nnd
a convention on that day nt noon, to com
memorate the 124th anniversary of the birth
day of Washington, when the Farewell Ad
dress should be read by some one elected for
tho purpose, and thu Governor and Council
and all the State officials bo invited to liar-
ticipate in the tribute to tho memory of
Washington. A disposition seems to be
gaining to make the 22d of February a holi-
day, ' j. . .
E8rLlvos of (3enro Law are in elrcnlu.
tion by the hundreds of thousands; A Small
pamphlet with a very "tolling" wood cut of
the "man inula wanted," and entitled "A
Sketch of Events in the Life of George Ijiw,
published in advance of his bioL'raiihv; also
extracts from the public journals," has been
issued from tho press of J. C. Derby, nnd,
we are told, some 600,000 copies have al
ready been given out for distribution, near
ly one for every man, woman and child ir.
this city. A pretty big story, but George
Liw s is a big man. A. Y, Express.
Thousands of theso pamphlets were strew
ed through our streets by unknown htmds,
in the night about a month ago. If George
Law paid for the distribution of theiu he
was badly sold, for the pamphlets were teth
ered up from the side-walks by the little ne
groes, and no doubt were in time used to
build tires. They came like the snow dis
appeared, making no permiueiit impression.
Sav. Aeu.
-fr Tho Panama tail road is in fino
working condition and Its business ia 'con
stantly .increasing. A truin of eight oars
came across on the 17th Instant, loaded with
silver. The amount of $1,800,000 was ro
cened at Panama per U. B. M. sloop of wur
Briak, from Mexico, and was en route for
England.
tW Mr. Wesloy, one of the proprietors of
the N. Y. Daily Times, has purchased of Mr.
Fletcher Harper, Jr., the latter' interest in
that paper for $50,000, which sum was paid
In cash. The interest consists of thirtj 'shares
each of the par value of $1000; and therefore
the purchase money includes the handsome
premium of $20,000, ' i
TOR BACHELOR'S BURIAL.
Two old maids, at shut ef dsy,
A bachelor' body bore away,
With wrinkled brow and matted hair,
And heart that never lored tb fair.
Bring briars, they groaned, bring weeds na-
blown, - :
Bring rankest plants of name unknown,
.-...3 .. vu uv..g... ....... u. ere. j nu,
To strew the bier of error's child
And make his (rrave where tb lizard's hide,
Where niirht-sbade strews th swamp creek's
side,
Far out of eight where gentle Spring '
Bhsll send no gontle birds to sing.
His old jack-knife lay witb.him low,
That cut the string of Cupid's bow;
The sad home-cat shall whine around
His lonely grave in grief profound.
Low lsy him who was often "high,"
Here, whero shall full no pitying eye
For him fur him no loving heart
Shall ache for him no tear shall start.
Tils 'bloodless limbs siiaH fYl tu rjist;' '
His old jack-knife shnll woite with rnl
He whom we hide from liht of men,
Shall never fl ight the babes again.
Tor we have hid him from the light,
Beneath tho ground and out of sight;
But this rude epitaph shnll stand
"He who to no one gave bis hand !"
A Wonderful MinRon. Among the cti.
riosities to be met with in the Paris Expnsi
lion, was a huge conenvo mirror, the instru
ment of a stnrtling species of optical magic.
On atanding close to it, it presents nothing
but a magnificently monstrous dissection of
your physiognomy. On retiring a couple of
feet, it gives your own face nnd figure in true
proportion but reversed, the head downwards.
But retire still further, standing nt the dis
tance of five or six feet from the mirror, nnd
behold, you seo yourself, not a reflection it
does not striko you as a reflection but your
veritable self, standing in tho middle pnrt be
tween you and the mirror. Tho effect is al
most appalling, from tho idea it suggests of
something supernatural; so startling, in fact,
that men of the strongest nerves will shrink
involuntarily nt the first view. If you raise
your cane to thrust at your other self, you
will see it pass clean through the body, nnd
appear on the other side, the figure thrusting
nt you nt the same Instant. The artist who
first succeeded iu fashioning a mirror of this
description, brought it to one of the French
kings if we recollect aright, it was Louis
XV. placed his Majesty on the right spot
nnd bade him draw his sword, and thrust nt
the figure ho saw. The king did so; but
seeing the point of a sword directed to his
own breast, threw down his weapon nnd ran
away. The practical joke cost the inventor
the king's patrunngo and favor; his Majesty
being afterwards so ashamed of his own
cowardice, that he would Dover ngaiu look at
the mirror or its owner.
Clerical Bronchitis. A physician writes
a communication to one of thu religious jour
nals, in which he attributes thisdiseaso to the
non use of tho vocal organs on week days,
and their double- use on Sundays, to mental
anxiety as to support, nnd to the uso of to
bacco. Ho recoinuietids to the preacher to
read aloud at least half an hour each day, to
quit smoking and chewing; and on the mem.
bcrship hu enjoins n more liberal support of
the ministry us the only sensible way of cur
ing the disease.
How Crahu'ton Looks. Among the many
foreign celebrities here, none cuts a greater
dash than Crampton, the British Minister.
Of course he is seldom seen except in the
street, when ho gives his ensigns of royalty.
an airing, ins equipage is aisiinmuslied tram
all others by its extreme brilliancy. Every
fair day he takes his open barouche, a pair of
spanking preys, mounts the drjver's seat,
holds the ribbons himself, arid drives furiously
round the broad avenues; his footman, a dap.
per little gentleman, with a blue cape coat
and cockuey hat, sitting in the cushioned sent
behind. Crumpton is six feet high, Btraight
as a gun, grey hair, and rotund like every
niuer neci-euung I'.iigiisiiinan. ivnsniNL'niii
Correspondence Cletelani Vlaindealer.
OCT Dr. J. C. Merrill (or Dr. Velplean, in
French) has been arrested and locked up in
Now York, on a charge of swindling. The
charge is made by various soft individuals
who paid the Doctur $2 ench for certain
powders by which they iniulit win tho utl'ec.
tions of any woman that might bo induced to
swallow them. The powders won't operate,
and the fools are indignant. The Doctor hus
been taking, by mail and otherwise, about
eighty dollars per day by his discovery, and
contends that his business is ns legitimate as
many others that are tolerated.
The Winter South. Tho Richmond
Whig is disgusted with Northern winters, so
far us specimens hare been vouchsafed to thai
vicinity. The editor says:
"I'he season has been n remarkable one,
nnd hundreds of our inhabitants have enjoyed
pastimes which they may not meet with again
for years. From personal expu.'Minco, how
ever, we can say littlu about it; wo have not
had a sleigh rule, nor do we want one. We
should rod ill a sleigh ride mightily ubout the
lourih ot July: but to bo jammed up in a box
like frozen apples, and trolled around tuwn,
with the mercury down to zero, is to our
Ibinkinu a most detestable linnibii'', and one
which we would submit to only on compul
sion.
The Type Batterv. Sir. Fry, of the New
York press, being called on to reply to a
toast in honor to the craft, a( the late celebra
tion of the Typographical Society, made a
very excellent speech the speech of the
evening decidedly In the course of which
he snid: - i
There are two kinds of weapons. We
have Puixhun guns,Miuie rifles, and Sharp's
rifles; but there is one thing that shoots
further t linn all these. It is the shot out of
the type buttery. It goes around the world;
it circles cities and threads plains; it wends
its way through woods; it ratllss in the rig
ging of the ship on the most distant seas;
striking with fresh force every form of evil,
dishuiiur and oppression. In firing, then, let
your aim always be true, and remember that
to hit the mark, aim a little above it.
, A Gvmnastic , Senator. The Bouton
Post, referring to Senator Hale's attack qn the
President's message, says: "Jack Hule turned
a summerset, stoud ou his bead, walked on
his hands, and cut up ether antic tuO amuse
the Senate when the message was road to
that body, and Dually resumed Ins seat with,
out injuring any one or tearing hi clothe."
THE HAYTIENS AND DOMINICANS.
Th Augusta Constitutionalist, In publish
ing th account of th defeat of Emperor
Faustln and his negro army by th Domini,
cans, circumstantial narrative of Which W
gav in the New of Wednesday last, thn
comments on that Important event. Th
editor ny: ' ;
It exhibit the Infinite superiority in arm
of the white race, largely adulterated a Hi
with the negro blood in the caw of the Do
minicans, over the black, and foreshadow the
hopelessness and folly of the effort to sustain ' :
nn independent government of negroes on tha'
same island with one largely composed of th '
Caucasian race. The account of the NVv .i
York Post's correspondent, is evidently btA
the pen of a negro sympathizer. He jtTepr.
cates the misfortune that his oretiaten hi
sable majesty, nnd his eighteen' thousand
Sambos, when confronted by w cannon and
four hundred Dominicans. - .
Wo think tt-f tvin muit in it. .44:
tilde of affairs, the fut ore' and not distant fate
ofd-in Ioi 1. 1.1 -Xi..
. iiitLI.V-vl II 1 V
frovernnienL uhn ItrnMrrl. in .:.u.. .
Caucasian energy nnd enlightenment.
The establishment of Gen. Walkor'e power
in Nicaragua is now a fixed fact There will,
nt no distnnt day, be a confederation of Re
publics in Central America, embracing Costa
Rica. San Salvador, Guatemala, Mosquitia,
Ilnndoria and the Itoliyp. In ivhinh H.111 u-
? . . , ....... ,.i UIV4III1IU, Hf
infnsed American energy and intelligence,
and will be stamped with institutions, princi. '-S..
nl..s im.1 l.iu-. 1,.. 4- .L- . '
States. These influences will in time extend
themselves to Dominica, and cover the island
of San Domingo nnd convert it into a Repub
lic which wil! form nnother star in the Central
American constellation of Republican States.
By tho same process the Cuba question will
find its solution, unless events, not now pat
entto the eye of speculation, shall precipitate
the Queen of the Antilles, by peaceful an- '
nexation, into the anna of the United States.
Manifest destiny points to a brilliant career
for the genius of fillibusterism, and marka it
aa a grand regenerator a propagandist of
republicanism and liberty.
'Hod moves in a mysterious wsy '
Ilis wonders to perform;
lie plants his footsteps on the es,
And rides upon the storm."
V'iNTEnio Cows. At 11 recent Farmers'
Club meeting in New York, a member made
the following suggestions in reference to the
wintering of cows: , . ,
"If I were to have cows wintered just to
my liking, they should be fed on cornstalk,
and if profit were consulted these, by alH
menns, should bo run through n stalk outter.
This, in my estimation, is a saving of at
least one-fourth their value. My method of
feeding is to give each animal a bushel bus.
ket full of chopped stalks; they will not eat
them clean, but to save all, I throw what
they leave in the mangers to mv eolts who
soon dispose of them, aud without a remain
der. Those cows w hich aro in milk, are fed
n Blop of buckwheat bran, night and morning;
those not yet come iu are given two or three
ears of corn at ea.-h feeding, until they be
gin to spring bag, when they are fed once a
day, the same us the cows w hich are milked,
in this way cons may bo kept fu a thriving
condition, nnd I believe n-greater yield of
piilk and butter can bn obtained than Iroin
any other mode of feeding.
A New Feminine Accomplishment. The
women in California are n shade faster than
in many other parts of this country. A lata
number of the .Sacramento Jotirnul gives nn
account of a lady in that city, who, on the
spur of n moment, bet a double eagle with a
gentleman boarder at n first class hotel that
she wou'd ti ke a little from each dish on the
dinner tnble, seasoned with n portion of ev.
err condiment, and dovour the whole; nnd in
addition site would take ns a drink to wash
it down, a little quantity of all the liquors in
the bar. She did it, and won the bet. Hav.
intrconlideuce in her capacity, Bhe afterwards
offered to bet a lil.o amount that iha u-,,,M
drink the linn her betting opponent drunk
ueu.ru iiixuiiini, uui ne, Having had a test of
hor powera politely declined. We hope they
don't make them all so in California.
The Largest Known House. The great
Rocky Mountain Horse, being the largest
equlnal unim.il in the world, is daily attracting
largo crowds to bis place of exhibition on
Camp street, near Canal. He is 21 hands in
height, nnd weighs 2,000 pounds. Besides
Ins large size, he has other qualities which
make him one of tho most interesting curi
osities now in (he city. He is perfectly do
cile, and is pronounced by competent judges
to bo the most regularly formed and hand
somo horse ever seen. Judges of horses, and
naturalists particularly, ahould pay him a visit.
X O. Trut Delta 1 ' -
Tim World Sukiiounded by the Star
aso Sniirts. Tho American tonnage ul this
country now figures up 5,400,000 tons, nnd
will make the very respectable fleet of 6,400
ships of 1,000 tons each. And ir the tonnage
of the licet bo figured out ill Yankee clipper
of 200 tons eaeh.and placed ou the equatorial
line around this globe, each skipper may
speak the next in line, by raising his voice
little above the ordinary pitch on thipbosrd,
round the whole circumference of the globe.
War would bell terrible calamity to this im.
meiise fleet, aud England would not fare bet
ter with her commercial murine of 6,200,000,
but little leas than our own. Providence
Juuraal. '
fr ' The trial of James Pursona, Jr., a citi
zen of Virginia, at Iiollidnysbur,IV.,4:harg.
eu wiin me several onences 01 Kidnapping,
assault and battery, and breach of the peace,
was brought to a close on Thursday evening
lust by the triumphant discharge of the ac
cused, In which result tho judge, the bur and
a large crowd of attentive spectators, testifi
ed their concurrence in a most marked man
ner. Messrs. Faulkner and Tucker, of Vs.,
appeared on behalf of Mr. Parsons.
One of the omnibus lines in New York,
has applied a safety cradle to their stages, to
prevent the horses fulling on the Russ pave
ment. It consists of straps connected with
the frout part of the stage, stretching forward
aud slung under the body of the horses, so
aa to hold them up when they alip on th
pavement. The object of the 'invention i
good, und very necessary ,.
- Marriage in the Day or IIkzfsmah.
Rev. Mr. Broaden, in his lecture at Petersburg
the other evening, stated that in the good old
days of Judah, matrimony was foiiairterd
sine 91M am, at least, amang the ladies, and
that tu live an "old maid, waa, iu the cy of
the wor(l, the greatest disgrace that could
befall a female. An instance was' on record in
th daya of lirzefciah, when seven w.men
(rather than' live unmarried) hud proposed to
on aunt, and, heedless of polygamy, wei
willing to become hi wives. i -1 i.- 'f
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